Improvised weapon

thumb|right|300px|Broom Gameplay In Assassin's Creed II, besides the purchasable "proper" weapons and the 2-handed weapons such as Spears and Halberds, Ezio can use "improper" weapons. These weapons include:

• Brooms

• Hoes

• Rakes

• Fishing Poles

• Pitch forks

• Viellas (the stringed instruments available only during Carnevale)
• The parts of a broken spear (tip acts like a sword, the other part like a mace)
• Invisible sword (Uses the unarmed slot, but when attacking swings like a sword, only instant kills and counters work but lost when wall running.

These can be picked up like 2-handed weapons. They are discarded once a fight is finished, or once Ezio sprints/climbs/enters a free running sequence. These weapons act mainly as hammers/maces. They even use the same animations and sound effects.

These "weapons" are extremely funny to use, but cannot be kept. The animations are sometimes nonsensical. For example, Ezio can slice an enemy's throat with a broom after a grab, exactly the way he does with a sword. These objects can be taken from civilians. They will drop what they're carrying once Ezio runs into them,when a fight starts, or if you throw money near the person.


Note: Some improper weapons CAN be kept with a glitch, but will be lost when going to another city or randomly during excessive combat.
To do this, you cannot have a weapon in your sword holster, this can be done by letting a 2 handed guard smash your sword/mace away. Then simply pick up one of those weapons and you may be able to keep them. Some weapons cannot be kept like the broom, but others like the mace part of a broken spear can be kept.

To use the Invisible sword glitch, simply use a spear counter on a 2 handed guard, and try punching, you will notice that Ezio does the sword animation when swinging or blocking, this opens up for many hilarious weapon attacks and counters.